DERIVATION

derivation

(noun) the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin

derivation

(noun) drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation

derivation

(noun) drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body

ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation

(noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

derivation

(noun) a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

deriving, derivation, etymologizing

(noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

derivation

(noun) the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); “he prefers shoes of Italian derivation”; “music of Turkish derivation”

derivation

(noun) (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; “‘singer’ from ‘sing’ or ‘undo’ from ‘do’ are examples of derivations”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

derivation (countable and uncountable, plural derivations)

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.

(genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.

(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.

The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

That from which a thing is derived.

That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.

(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.

(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

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• ordinative

Source: Wiktionary

Der`i*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. derivatio: cf. F. dérivation. See Derive.]

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [Obs.] T. Burnet.

2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence. As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. Sir M. Hale.

3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.

4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

5. That from which a thing is derived.

6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river. Gibbon.

7. (Math.)

Definition: The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.

8. (Med.)

Definition: A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

DERIVATION

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